US 12,216,502 B2
Portable communication device including sealing member
Jungwon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Sunghun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yunsik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jingook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chijoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyosung La, Suwon-si (KR); Suman Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seungwhee Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Junyoung Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/531,175.
Application 18/531,175 is a continuation of application No. 18/168,179, filed on Feb. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,909,900.
Application 18/168,179 is a continuation of application No. 17/150,109, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,592,877, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
Application 17/150,109 is a continuation of application No. 16/846,864, filed on Apr. 13, 2020, granted, now 10,928,860, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0064725 (KR), filed on May 31, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0087766 (KR), filed on Jul. 19, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0108733 (KR), filed on Sep. 3, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0002991 (KR), filed on Jan. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129401 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); H04M 1/0218 (2013.01); H04M 1/0269 (2022.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device, comprising:
a housing including:
a first housing structure,
a second housing structure, and
a hinge cover;
a flexible display supported by in the housing, the flexible display including:
a first display portion corresponding to the first housing structure, and
a second display portion corresponding to the second housing structure; and
a hinge structure connected with the first housing structure and the second housing structure,
wherein at least one of the first housing structure or the second housing structure are movable with respect to each other based on the hinge structure so as to change a state of the housing between a folded state and an unfolded state,
wherein, while the housing is in the folded state, at least a part of an outer surface of the hinge cover forms a part of an exterior of the housing,
wherein the first housing structure includes a first housing portion that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover a first portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover, the first housing portion including:
a first inner surface that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover a part of the first portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover covered by the first housing portion, and
a first member including an elastic material, the first member being attached to the first inner surface so as to protrude towards the outer surface of the hinge cover in the unfolded state, and
wherein the second housing structure includes a second housing portion that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover a second portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover, the second housing portion including:
a second inner surface that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover a part of the second portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover covered by the second housing portion, and
a second member including the elastic material, the second member being attached to the second inner surface so as to protrude towards the outer surface of the hinge cover in the unfolded state.